Canoe Creek |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 7 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Blair |
| Municipality: | Frankstown |
| USGS Quad: | Frankstown |
| Watershed: | Juniata River |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Riparian Depression |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.4ha (1.0ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 99.5% (range 95-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Rice cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides |
| Spotted touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis |
| Wrinkled goldenrod | Solidago rugosa |
| Bog goldenrod | Solidago uliginosa |
| Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 24.5% (range 0-80%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
| Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Black willow | Salix nigra |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| Allegheny blackberry | Rubus allegheniensis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.81 |
| Woody: | 2.70 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.15 |
| Woody: | 2.22 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 78 |
| Herbaceous: | 70 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 8 |
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 0.7 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 13.85 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | NA |
| Soil Series: | Holly silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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15.5 |
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Silt:
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61.9 |
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Clay:
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22.6 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.58 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.50 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.43 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -12.0 |
| Range (cm): | -70.0-1.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 6.5 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 271.5 |
